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4 t i .' m TILE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1908. Tite Omaha Daily Bee. I ' t I, I . - . i i m FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR R08E WATER, EDITOR. Entered at OmiU rostoftlcs as second cilia matter. r ' TERMS Of SUBSCRIPTION: ' pally He (without Sunday), om year. .MM Iajljr Bttt and Sunday, one year........ 00 Bund Bee, one y-ar. J Saturday Bs, -one yar DEUVEKED Bf CARRIER: pally Ba (Including Sunday), per week.ISc tally Hee (without Sunday), per week.Hc Kvenlng flea (without Sunday), per week 6a Kventnr Bee (with Sunday), per week loc Addreaa ail Complaints of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. orFlCES: Omaha The Bee Building South Omaha City liall Building. Council Bluffs 15 Bcntt Street. Chicago 18w University Building. New York. 1& Home Life Insurance ButMlng. , Washlngton-TO Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed, Omaha bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Ilemlt by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee publishing company. Only ft-cent stamps received in payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. .. State of Nebraska, Douglas Coutny, ssj Oeorge B. Tsschuck. treasurer of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the aotual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of February, 1908, was as fol lows: l.. ......... 84,700 it. aMoo 3830O IT 36,800 I 86,180 18 80,930 80,090 19 30,730 S.m. 80,810 10 36,300 ..... 36.030 21 8S.340 7. .......... 8S,0 22 30,030 30,030 ,21 3800 9..,...... 80,000 2 36,300 10........... 85.BO0 26 80,070 11 ...... 30,100 2.... 38,490 I!.m.h.mm 80,800 27 sejMSO ltM...m 38,800 28 36.380 14.. 30,100 29, 30,850 It...,.,..., 38,110 Totals L048,0D0 Lea unsold and returned copies.. 3,437 Net total. 1,039,113 Dally average 80,831 OEORQE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In 'my bresenco and sworn ta before me this Id day of March, 1908. ROBERT HUNTER Notay public TFHKir OUT OF TOWlf. gabscrlbera leaving; the city tern. -aorarlly- shonld have Tne Be nulled to them. Address will be a sussed as oftea as rsqaeated. Congressman Dalsell's tariff views need revision. The grand Jury Is long on recom mendations, but short on Indictments. The present congress seems to be laboring hard to achieve the distinction of lndlstlnctlon. The frightful incident at Chicago is another reminder that the life of a chief of police is not a bed of roses. Strange how some people get sick so far away from home just when they are wanted to face serious charges in "ourC 1 Colonel Bryan says the democratic 'party was In bard luck before he took charge of It And the luck hasn't changed. Champ Clark admits that he would (llke to bo speaker of the house. He has been the talker of the house tor a long time. Senator Dick of Ohio says he prefers ,to be silent on political affairs. The senator finds himself in a popular role occasionally. Mr, Justice Moody has shaved oft his mustache and the supreme court now stands B to 4 on whiskers. That's the usual division. A noiseless automobile or a noiseless street car or a noiseless politician would come nearer filling a long felt want than the newly invented noiseless , pistol. Among the other questions to which Wu Ting-fang has never bad a satis factory answer Is, Why do the Amerl , can newspapers seldom get his name right? Evidently the Washington corre spondents look upon the election next November as settled. They are now picking the members of Mr. Taft'a cabinet. New York women are planning a crusade against restaurant dish water. The agitation should be in favor of more restaurant dish water Instead of against It 1 The St Paul Pioneer Press an nounces tho . death , of "Coal Oil Johnny." The country always feels orely grieved every time "Coal Oil Johnny" dies. Former United States Senator J. .Ralph Burton of Kansas has Joined the democratic party. Luck has been against the democrats In Kansas for a good many years. I A local minister declares, "All of ns have to labor, even the preachers." Wonder bow the strange delusion got abroad that the preachers occupied a particularly soft berth. A man who looks like Tom Johnson has been arrested In Cleveland for passing bogus checks. He ought to be released. If he looks like Tom Johnson his punishment is sufficient. There are still 82.000 vacancies In the army. The pay is 115 a month with-.clothes and board. A man out of work can join and still belong to the army of the unemployed. Tho school board 1 transferring more money from the general fund to tho VUton school building fund. Wo thought wo voted bonds last fall to pay for building this Vinton school. THK KISt-tlOVH t,ATT. Evidently it is more than, mere co incidence that the decision of the Inter state Commerce commission denying the request of the railway companies for on extension of time within which to comply with the provisions of 'the law limiting the hours of telegraph operators and signal men to nine hours should be published on the same day with announcements that railroads throughout the country are dismissing many" employes, closing up many tele graph offices and small stations and adopting a general policy of retrench ment. The nine-hour law is to become effective today. ' Under the provisions of the new law, the Interstate Commerce com mission was given authority to extend time for Its application in any given case in which valid reasons were as signed. , No attempt was made by the railroad companies to present such rea sons until the time had almost arrived for the law to go into effect. Then most of the big companies presented arguments alleging either that it was impossible to secure the additional operators necessary for compliance with the. law or that traffic conditions did not warrant the additional expense. The Interstate Commerce commission has decided that neither of these argu ments furnish sufficient reason for ex tending the time. While this is unquestionably an in opportune time to impose new burdens on the transportation companies of the country, the fact remains that the rail road companies could and should have prepared for the emergency, Just as they could have complied with the law providing for the use of the safety ap pliances and the other law requiring them to dispose of their coal properties, if they had gone to work In earnest at the outset. The retrenchment policy adopted by some of the leading roads, In abandon ing telegraph offices and closing smaller stations indicates an evident determination to make the burden of the new law fall upon the public. If so, this Is a mistaken policy and Indicates that the railways still have an er roneous Idea of the attitude of public opinion. The traveling public has a keen interest in putting the nine-hour law Into effect, as a measure of safety, with as little delay as possible. Aside from the general sentiment that nine hours are fully as much continuous labor as should be Imposed upon rail way telegraph operators, the main motive for the legislation Is the pre vention of accidents, and no plea of hard times or difficulty in securing operators will warrant indulgence in enforcement of a law calculated to pre serve human life. CHARQtS AGAINST JKROMK. . William Travers Jerome,, the dis trict attorney of New York county, has become a national character, largely through the attention he attracted by his spectacular campaign for re-election and by his participation In the Nan Patterson, Harry Thaw and Abe Hum mel trials. But a short time ago he was looked upon as a popular favorite, with a hold on the people of New York that could not be shaken by assaults of the combined organizations of all of the political parties. In his campaign for re-election he hid behind him nearly every newspaper In the city, his support being based on his promise to prosecute vigorously the men responsi ble for the insurance frauds exposed about the close of his first term. Charges have now been filed against Jerome and the people who were clamoring most loudly for his re election are now demanding his re moval by Governor Hughes. He was chosen because of his declarations that he would ferret out tho parties guilty of the insurance frauds and prosecute them to the limit of the law. However conscientious he may have been, the fact remains that be has not made good on this promise. He has failed to do the very essential things which the people who elected him expected him to do. Whether he found he could not carry out his pledges is not known; suffice it to say that the charges against htra are that he has not tried. Having be come either Inactive or faced the other way, he has fallen from his pedestal because awakened public conscience now demands redemption of campaign pledges. THE ANARCHIST PROBLEM. The atrocious murder of Father Leo at Denver and the attempted assassin ation of the chief of police of Chicago rivet attention anew on the vexed ques tion. What shall we do with the an archists? It has been proved rather conclusively that 'the assassin of the Denver priest was a fanatic, crazed with hate of the clericals, and an effort Is already being made to show that the man who attempted to kill Chief Snippy was a monomaniac on the subject of police officials. These claims, If true, offer no excuse, in face of the further established facta that both murderers were either pronounced anarchists or In close close communion with anarch ists. Their insanity or fanaticism must have been excited, if not created, by their teachings and by the work of their organization, which baa its hand set against order throughout the world. It is admitted that great difficulty attends the problem of dealing with anarchists, at least before they become murderers, in a country where free thought and tree sneech are constitu tional guarantees. But the error la too often made of falling to take cogni zance of the difference between liberty and license. While freedom of speech la guaranteed society is under no obli gation of law or conscience or mercy to give free rein to men who openly proclaim war on society and law and who adopt methods worse than sav agery In carrying on their warfare. No credit belongs to the rabid anarchist who is not a murderer. The fact that his hands are not bloodstained Is due to his fortune or misfortune, as ho would likely view It of not having been selected to carry out the murder plans of his order. In the European countries anarch ists are listed and marked, Just as pro fessional criminals are known to the police. Those who come to this country are usually known to our police and those who later become avowed an archists are promptly listed. These un desirable citizens should be deported whence they came, with due notice to the authorities of such countries. The naturalized citizen who becomoa an avowed anarchist should have his citi zenship papers annulled. Such treat ment. It is believed, would solve the problem so far as Imported anarchy Js concerned, and so far as it Is out in the open, secret oath- bound anarchism Is harder to com bat. Anarchism, however, la not an American Institution, and every possl- blo precaution ehould be taken against transporting it to American soil. The law of Belf-preBervatlon justifies so ciety In employing, to protect Itself against such avowed enemies, any methods that do not destroy the price less heritage of individual liberty upon which our republic is founded. GRAND JURY ON SOCIAL VTIL. The report of the grand Jury on the social evil has. at least, the merit of deflniteness in pointing out the abuses that should be eradicated, although it Is weak In its positive recommenda tions for regulation. It says plainly that certain features of the social evil as prevail here are objectionable and should be stopped, among them what is known as the "crib system" of Inde pendent tenants as contrasted with so-called "houses," the soliciting from windows, the intrusion of boys within the proscribed area and the parasitical men who live oft the earnings of the women. There la no question but that all these features are objectionable, al though some of them can be abated much easier than others. It ia easy enough to close the "cribs" If such policy is agreed upon, less easy to stop soliciting and keep boys away, and almost Impossible to eradicate the male parasites, especially where the women are willing victims. The po lice board is to be commended for tak ing prompt action along the lines of the grand Jury's recommendations. In giving a month'B time for the "crib" inmates to re-adjust themselves rather than ordering more midnight raids the boa,rd, has L shown that it, is animated by a desire to correct evils rather than by the cruel frenzy of brass-band cru saders. One part of the grand Jury report la apt to be misconstrued, being that part referring to the exorbitant rents charged in the proscribed district and declaring that they "cannot help be ing a temptation to those inclined to accept bribes and graft." There is al ways talk about graft where there Is a possibility of it, but this very grand jury, like all others which have pre ceded It, although especially instructed to hunt down every rumor of graft, has been unable to find anything to Justify a single indictment That does not mean absolute freedom from Instances of petty extortion, but it does mean that Omaha has been free from the systematic machinery ot graft which has fattened upon these forms of vice in other cities, , So far as the problems arising out of the social evil here are concerned, Omaha must solve them for itself. The suggestion of the grand jury that the legislature be asked to give the city authorities wider latitude for the reg ulation and control of a proscribed district is not likely to come to any thing. Seven-eighths of the members of the legislature represent rural dis tricts or small towns and cannot be made to recognize the need for any material difference in the laws on this subject as between the large cities and the rest of the state. Senator Foraker Is going to deliver a three days' speech on the Browns ville Incident The unfortunate part ot the thing is that he is going to deliver it in the senate chamber, when the sen ate would much rather go on with the consideration of live business. The Brownsville case is as dead as the Foraker presidential boom. The newly appointed collector of in ternal revenue for Nebraska says he will make no changes for the present In the personnel ot his subordinates in the office. Inasmuch as every job there is nailed down under civil serv ice rules, that is a superfluous an nouncement. ' The grand Jury Just adjourned recommends a workhouse for city pris oners. That is something Tho Bee has been urging for years. A stiff sentence at hard labor Is the only thing feared by professional police court offenders. " The Omaha Woman's club has for mally condemned the use of the Christmas tree as unnecessarily de structive ot our forests. A resolution denouncing the Fourth of July fire cracker may be expected about next December. And now comes the redoubtable Wooster with a protest against the slate fixed up for the democratic state convention at the Bryan love feast held lt January. le wants to knevt. why, if It Is all settled la advance, the democrats throughout the different counties of Nebraska have boen put to the trouble and expense of holding primaries and conventions just to rat ify a ready-made combination. Wooeter should know enough not to ask such impertinent questions. Hoke Smith ot Georgia says he would not accept the democratic presi dential nomination. Unless Mr. Bryan has changed his mind In the last few minutes it Is a safe wager that Hoke won't get the chance either to refuse or accept "Nine-tenths of the democratic editors throughout the country are op posed to Bryan's nomination," says the Los Angeles Times. That Is offset by the fact that ten-tenths of the re publican editors are in favor ot it. It will not do- to place too much credence In the report that E. 11. Har- rlman wants to go to the Chicago con vention ror tne purpose or trying to start a third term stampede to Presi dent Roosevelt "Johnson of Minnesota would beat Fairbanks," aay8 Collier's Weekly. The statement will have to go un challenged, as Johnson and Fairbanks will hardly have the chance to settle the question. Ia Nautical Terms. Baltimore American. Toft's boom is forward;, the others are aft Bully for Billy. New York World. ' "Dill" Bryan's bolstering of Beckham wai "bully" for "Bill" Bradley. Helps Some. Washington Star. Criticisms of banking methods as sharp as those of W. J. Bryan ought to divert some of the fire of financial complaint from the president. In tha Wildest East. Baltimore News. In the vicinity of Huntingdon, Pa., bears, wildcats and catamounts have become so ferocious that they are attacking people. Now, If Mr. Roosevelt Just had the time to get up there t Hot a Closed Incident. Indianapolis News. The supreme court of Texas has also de cided that the Waters-Pierce Oil company was properly ousted and owes the common wealth $1,600,000; but there are still a few Itttle formalities to be gone through with before the Incident can be regarded as closed. Mine Henry is Reconciled. Louisville Courier Journal. The Senator-elect Is an old-lino, thor ough-going republican, and regrettable as it Is that a sound exponent of democracy could not be elected, the elimination of Beckham, both now and In the next cam paign, clears the way for the party to kick the remnants of the shattered machine out of Its path and come Into Its own again. Advance Agent of Commerce. St Paul Ifoneer Press. Secretary Reot has recommended to con gress the employment of four commercial attaches, two to be stationed In Burope, one in Asia and the other In Central and South America. It Is to be the duty of these men to keep the government advised of commercial opportunities in all parts of the world. They are to keop In touch with conditions in the trade centers of the var ious nations and to watch for possibilities for trade expansion. It Is proposed to have at hand at all times data concerning actual conditions In the prominent markets and to be In a position to nable American manu facturers and merchants to take advantage of openings as they occur. Those trade scouts, It Is expected, will enable Uncle Bam to occupy a new commercial field before his competitors wake up to the fact that there Is a field. It seems to be a plain case of adapting Dullness tactics to a wo: II- wide business proposition. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Estimate of the Man Who Retires In One Year. Denver Republican. A year from now President Roosevelt will be prepared to step from the highest publlo office that can be held by any Indi vidual to the ranks of the private citizen after having done his work as It was given htm to do and to the best of his abilities. But that work, notable as It has been up to this time with promise of mors effectual progress In the year to come, will not have been finished. If he shall have less offi cial responsibility he will have greater freedom to do. Individuals and Influences that have thwarted his policies need nrt expect that his passing from the White House will have ended all. Some people have been bothering and worrying themselves about a place for the president, after next year. They ought to know that a man like him makes a posi tion for himself by displacement If neces sary. But the president has answered the anxious Inquirers In that memorable ad dress delivered on Wednesday to the dele gates to the National Educational associa tion. In private life he will be a factor to be reckoned with. He will be free to criti cise and to old. to demand that the policies Inaugurated by him shall be carried for ward to their logical end. There can be no faltering and no falling back. Whatever publlo duties may come to clti- cen Roosevelt he will be prepared to ac cept; but his place and his part will de pend upon conditions or circumstances as they may arise. In time of peril he will be to the forefront a loader In his right ful place; In times of peace he will be near with admonition and teaching. In time of prosperity the warning hand will be aloft. President Roosevelt will have a position new to the republic. He will retire In the prime of his Intellectual and physical vigor. He will step aside of his own volition, in tha knowledge that a sign from him would have meant his retention a man of trem endous force who has had and will have the publlo with him. Woe betldo the public official, be he president or congressman, who proves untrue to his trust! The man who originated the "big stick" will be there with a prong. Ha will be as a shield and a buckler to the republic. We ques tion whether there can be found a prece dent to the position that remains for Roose velt to hold. That he la fitted to be an educator In the true sense Is again made clear from his address to the teachers of the nation which" contains tho philosophy of tha ages with the Inherent practicability to be found In the American who knows and appreciates the worth of this young nation of freemen. He does not disdain the col te-e as does the modarn utilitarian whose aim Is millions, and he does not believe that learning alone can make man or nation. Character ta what counts after all, and the publlo school Is the great moldsr. NEWS FOll THE ARM T. Jfete and Comment on Recent Msrr. meats and Orders. Army and Nnvy Rerlster. Representative Blaydrn during the cur rent debate on the army Appropriation bill waa led the other day to express some apprehension lest the new militia division attached to the office of the assistant secretary of war, and now under the com petent charge of IJeutennnt Colonel E. M. Weaver of the const artillery corps, was a step toward creating on Independent bu reau which would some day he under a high ranking officer of the militia. It Is autnontatively announced that there Is no such plan In contemplation and that the office which has been established with special reference to the Interests of the organised mint la derives Its value to the militia from the fact that H will have St Its head an officer of the regular cstab llshment. who will nromote the Inlnt In terests of the militia and tha reanilnr army. .It Is recalled that at one time some or the National guard people had a project which contemplated a militia branch of the War department, which would be under a brigadier general of the National guard. This cave promise of a fixture for which scant favor was shown by the War department official. The present mltHia division of the office ot the assistant secretary of war ban no ra. latlon to the former schome. The object of that division can only be fully realised by having at its head an armv nfflrw who is familiar with tho needs of the militia and desirous of nramntlnar tho of, ficlency of the state troops as the ally of tne regular forces. The War department Is deluged with let ters from thosei who served In the war with Spain and who are not now In the military service, asking for campaign badges. Thre can be no exception to the rule that only those who were In the regu lar army on January 11, 1905, or subse qucntly, are entitled to the badges. A bill has been Introduced this week which ex tends the law to all those who served in the regulars and volunteers In Cuba, Porto Rico and tho Philippines, and probably those who remained In camp during tho war with Spain. Army officers who have had some ex perience with banks which are either fall lng or closing their doors believe that the present conditions Justify a revival of the proposition to enact legislation per mlttlng army officers to deposit their money with paymasters. A correspondent of the ' Army and Navy Register says that "fully three-fourths of tho officers situated In and around San Francisco lost all of their hard earned savings In the California Savings Deposit and Trust Company's failure." Some of them lost personal funds and others are responsl ble for the company funds which cannot be recovered. Most of the officers who have any such savings have taken this prudent step in anticipation of orders for a change of station, and It Is this which has been sacrificed In the failures of the San Francisco banks. An effort has been made in other years to obtain legislation which would authorize army officers to deposit their savings with the paymasters at ratos of Interest which should accrue when a deposit has remained . . 11... I . m . . - . . unuitjiurueu lor a given period or lime. Congress did not seem willing to extend privilege to officers, although it Is found to be of decided advantage in the case of en listed men who are encouraged to save their money. It is doubtful If tho question Is brought up again by tho War depart ment at this session of congress, but there Is every reason why It should engage legis lative attention for the benefit of those officers who wiBh to avail themselves of the security of deposits with the army paymasters. The plans for tho. homeward trip of the army transport McClellun, which loft Man ila on February 22 for New York by way of Suez, contemplates a visit to a number of ports enroute. The arrival of the vessel at Singapore is reported. The other ports which will bo visited are Aden, Sues, Malta and Gibraltar, whence the McClel lan will proceed directly to Now York. Among the passengers on board tho Mc Clollan are major general and Mrs. Leon ard Wood. They will leave the transport at one of the ports and General Wood will avail himself of six months' leave of ab sence which he will spend In travel in Europe. Upon his arrival at New York he will relieve Major General F. D. Grant of the command of the Department of the East. Another passenger on board the transport Is Brigadier General Harry II. Bandholtz, chief of tho Philippine con stabulary, who Is coming to the United States on leave of absence. The transport should arrive in New York about April 2. Some timo ago the War department was advised of the arrest of a man who had presented himself at tho army recruiting station at Montgomery, Ala., and obtained from the recruiting officer coffee money and a railroad ticket for travel to Jef ferson Barracks. He failed to make the trip and was arrested for embeazelment of government funds. At the preliminary hearing in the case in Montgomery on the 22d instant, the defendant was discharged, there not being sufficient evidence to hold him for trial. The coffee money waa re covered from the defendant after the hear ing, but the railway tickot had disappeared and the defendant claimed it was puJIed from his pocket when other papers were taken therefrom. The incident leads to some special admonition for the guidance of officers on recruiting duty, that there may not be a repetition of this Incident. Major T. H. Slavens, of the quartermas ter's department, on duty In the quarter master general's offlco, has returned to Washington from an Inspection trip which included a visit to Fort Barrancas, Fort McCree and Fort Pickens. It is proposed to carry out some important projocts at those places at once, including construction of roads, walks, water supply system, wharves, and railroad terminals. Major Slavens also visited Jackson Barracks, Foit Jackson and Fort St. Philip, In connection with the same class of work which will be executed at the earliest practicable date. First lleutenant F. A. Ramsay, U. 8. Ma rine corps, on duty at the navy yard, Puitet Sound, Wash., has devised an Improved night signaling outfit and has submitted the same to the commandant of the marine corpa for trial. The tests will be conducted at Washington, D. C. It Is understood that the outfit possesses several Improvements over those now In use. First Lieutenant Charles m Wlllard. of the signal corps, recently made an inspec tion of the section of the Alaskan military telegraph lines under his charge. This sec tion lies between Fort St. Michael and Old Woman, and Includes rough country which is particularly difficult to traverse In win ter. Notwithstanding the extremely low state of the temperature. Lieutenant Wll lard successfully accomplished the Inspec tion. Lore's Labor Lost. Washington Post. The New York World has completed Its .-lf-lmposod task of naming sixteen demo crats who could poll more votes than Mr. Bryan, but the answer remains the same: They could, but they won't, this year If Mr. Bryan knows himself. I BuIting'Powder Ha flifr Baa-fear - Aa TV rt wim mju unp tresn ct isrUr czis frca grapes Insures henlthftil nnH delicious food nome every day Safeguards jour nun ana prnKpnate 01 Use PERSONAL NOTE. Ex-Governor Morrill of Kansas, now worth $600,000, was once so hord-up that he lost a quarter section of land because he couldn't pay the taxes. Charles L. Boech, of the fatuity of tho University of Vermont, at Burlington, was recently elected president of the Con necticut Agricultural college at Storrs. A literary sharp has come forward with tho claim that he can prove the Japanese wrote limericks 1,000 years ago. But even that Is no good reason why this country snoum go to war with them. William Scott Ferguson has been ap pointed to the assistant professorship of hiBtory at Harvard for five years, be ginning September 1, 1908. Prof. Fer guson has been on the faculty of the Uni versity of California. Prof. Max Far rand, now head of the de partment of history in Leland Stanford, Jr., university, has been called to a professor ship of history in Yale. Mr. Farrand has signified his Intention to accept and will take up his work at Yale next fall. An ancient volume, entitled "Life of Martin Van Buren," was presented to President Roosevelt on Wednesday by Representative Gardner of Massachusetts. Tho book was written by David Crockett during the bitter political campaign of 1838. Alice Nellson. thtt nnnm alnirAr hit, h.nn InvltM to sing the role of Zerllna in "Don Giovanni" at the opening of tho now Colon theater In Buenos Ayrea In May. Bho will be the only American singer to appear at that Inauguration. Mme. Totrazzlni and Mme. Melba will be among the singers who will take part In the opening. Mrs. Caroline C. Furbush of West New ton, Mass., has presented to the Naval academy at Annapolis a valuable histori cal painting by Thomas Birch of the Battle Between the Constitution and tho Ouerrlere." Birch was one of the first designers of United States coins at the Philadelphia mint. He painted his naval battle picture In 1S28. When his daughter died nine years ago. Murray Carleton, St. Louis millionaire. adopted a little Chinese girl In China through Methodist missionaries. She was of his daughter's ago tirj took his dausb ter's name Lexle jOuwt Carleton. She i9 19 now, and h& iariy completed her studios at tho mission school In Sung Kong. Her American father is Impatient to see her, and when she leaves school she will tw ticketed through to St. Louis. MIDWEEK SMILES. "I hear," stated the real estate dealer. that n 1 1 1 , . f ....... I- .1,1.. I I 1 ....... j .... I... , ma , iviutLjr uuva re cently changed hands." --iep, rt'sixinoea om Farmer ronoss. . ,, ' " - iMuca City Journal. 'I hnA a fr-.pC'hn.nlrMl miilHnlljt,. nt In .v.... house yesterdfiy. uo you thinii n will pay for itself 7 " "N;n. 1 think 1 wtil nni' t,- I ...uuiv. !'- an eloctrlo meter." Houston Post. ' Father Why don't you study co be rjro- moted? Johnny I don't want to stir im class enmity. New York Sun. Harold (sUrhlnff) I have onlv mi frloni on earth my dog. Evelyn Why don't you gt another dog? Boston Record. "Have you got a match?" "Unfortunately, I have. She jroposed to me before I could get away." St. Lo Louis limes. Miff kins I pride myself on the fact that have never yet broken my word Blffklns Too flexible, eh? Chicago News. . " g WW ........ . u . . . ...ll.MIUI.lln Will eventually In the extinction of the horse?" "No, indeed. The more automobiles we have the more horses will be need. Hi to tow 'em home when they break down." Kansas City Times. "Shakespeare is said to have been a bad actor." "I know that," answered Mr. Storming- The Kimball Own Best Mverfisemen Every man who has a hand in mak ing it understands this thoroughly. The writer went through the Kim ball factory not long ago. "How long have you been working here?" he asked a gray headed man. "Oh, over twenty years," was the answer. "And you?" to another. "All my life," he replied. And so it went. It's the life work of these people the making of the Kimball piano, and they not only work as well as they know how, but they know how to work well. Today there are probably more Kimball pianos in Omana than there are of any other one make of plana The favorite model of the Kimball a. mospe: co, 1513 Doug Lincoln, Neb.j BRA K CTI HOUSES! Powder i- C . 1 for every food sga!ast ton Barnes. "But I don't attach any Im portance to the assertion. Everybody who plays Shakespeare Is sure to be referred to by somebody as a bad actor." Washington Star. "Yes; I'm setting up In business for my self." "You haven't had much experience, I take It, In hiring help?" "N6; but my wife will advise me. She has." Louisville Courier-Journal, t Mrs. Knlcker Thut little boy has such beautiful table manners. Mrs. Bocker Yes, his mother alwayi feeds him at home before he Is Invited out. New York Sun, f DOES MA W1MU SHE WAS PA f Woman's Home Companion. "I wish 1 had a lot 'o cash,' Sx pa, one winter's night; "I'd go down south and stay a whllo Where days are warm and bright.'' He aet an' watched the fnu tile (Seemed lost in thoughtful daze), Till ma brought in some fresh pluo knots An' made a cheerful blaze. "I wish I had a million shares O' stock In Stundard Oil," Ses pa; "I wouldn't do a thing," Ma made the kettle boil. An' mixed hot biscuits, fried some ham An' eggs (Hiuelt good, you bet!) Fetched cheese an' doughnuts, made tha tea. Then pa set down an" et! "I wish I was a millionaire," , Sez pa: "I'd liuve a snap." Next from the lounge, we heard a snore; Pa at his ev'nln nap! Ma did the dishes shook the cloth, Brushed up, put things away, An' fed the cat, then, started up Her plana for bakin' day, She washed an' put some lcans to soak, An' set some bivnd to rise; Unstrung dried apples, soaked 'em, too. All ready for her pies; She brought more wood, put out the cat, Then darned four pairs 'o socks; Pa woke, an' sez, "It's time for bed; Ma, have you wound both clocks?" THE NEW HAT EVERY HAT THAT IS WOrtTH WHILE 13 HERE. IP YOU PREFER SOME PAR TICULAR BRAND OP HAT. WE HAVE THE VERY SHAPE. WHATEVER THE PRICE, WHETHER $3.50 OR fC, WE HAVE THE BEST HAT IN THE MARKET FOR THE MONEY. YOU MAY PAY LESS OR MORE HERE AND BE SURE OP YOUR MONEY'S WORTH. V Kin-;. 15th and Douglas Rta. It. 8. WILCOX. MANAGER. , !' . Piano Is If we sell for $300. This is a lower price than this same piano is sold for by Kimball agents in many other cities. The saving to our customers comes through the economy we effect by buy ing carloads of pianos for Instant cash and the lessened expense we have in selling large quantities and the saving we make customers by not paying commissions. The Kimball piano is made la one of the model factories of tb,e world. The problem of making a high class piano with the utmost economy has been solved here by the Kimball fam ily in this magnificent up-to-date plant. We sell a new Kimball (or $300 Pay $8.00 monthly. We guarantee the lowest prices in the United Btates. las Street Kearney, Nb.; Council Bluffs, lowt
